“The Armenian National Musical Treasury”

project launched in 2014

“The Armenian National Musical Treasury” project started with choosing highly qualified specialists in the field of Armenian traditional music, selecting soloists of Armenian folk songs, and forming the male chorus “Zark”, consisting of 10 singers. Vocal and instrumental compositions: folk, spiritual, ashug, were recorded. In parallel to recording, processes began directed to the creation of armenianmusic.am online music portal, in which all the recordings were placed.

Compositions are organized by all possible filters: type, genre, performer, region, used instruments and etc. The list of compositions includes songs from historic Eastern and Western Armenia’s regions. The web-page is introduced in 4 languages: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian, English and Russian. It is also available as a mobile app both for IOS and Android. In the portal, each song is accompanied by a thematic illustration.

This is an exceptional example of a tragic epic tale. Mirza was the prince of Mox. He was a strong, handsome, and virtuous man. Kolod Pasha invites him to be his guest and then treacherously poisons him. In one version of the song, it's suggested that Mirza was poisoned because Kolod fancied his beautiful wife.